In July of 2016, Westport Officer James Sullivan took a complaint of a Larceny. The victim of this incident reported that he had an employee that had been working for him since 2014 and as of approximately January of 2016 has been embezzling money from the company. That employee is Donald Luciano, 45 of Bridgeport and he reportedly stole approximately $14,000.00. The victim stated that Luciano would be given the victim’s personal credit card to pay for things he needed to complete his job requirements, such as mailing items at the post office or buying things needed for the business. Sometime around January of 2016, Luciano began spending more money than was needed for the business. Officer Sullivan was able to uncover that Luciano would use the credit card at restaurants and for gift cards. Luciano would also pay for round trip flights to Florida. It was also learned that Luciano falsified checks that were supposed to be delivered to the victim’s clients. Luciano would forge the client’s name on the checks and take the money for himself.

Officer Sullivan submitted an arrest warrant to Norwalk Court for the arrest of Donald Luciano. On 07/06/17, Luciano turned himself in for the active warrant. He was processed and charged with Identity Theft 1 st degree and Larceny 2 nd degree. He was held on a $50,000 bond and has a court date in Norwalk on 07/13/17.

(Westport Police Press Release)